#Milo McCarthy

[ulrichgebert]

Sondheim Show Nr. 1: The Frogs. Die Zeit ist die Gegenwart, der Ort ist das antike Griechenland. Schon sind wir verwirrt. Die Menschheit ist in keinem guten Zustand, deshalb hat Dionysios, Gott des Theaters und des Weins beschlossen, mit seinem getreuen Sklaven Xanthios in die Unterwelt zu reisen und Bernard Shaw, ja, den, der die Stücke schrieb auf die Erde zurückzubringen. Letzlich aber braucht die Welt keinen zynischen Moralprediger sondern einen Poeten wie Shakespeare. Wenn Kunst die Welt retten kann, dann durch Shakespeare und Sondheim. Trotz uraltem Stoff mit griechischer Mythologie (frei adaptiert von Burt Shevelove, und dann noch freier von Natha Lane) quengelt der Tobi diesmal gar nicht.

[kevinmchalenews]

Further cast joining Kevin McHale in Sondheim’s The Frogs revival confirmed Further company members have been confirmed for the London revival of The Frogs, led by Kevin McHale.

The musical comedy has music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Nathan Lane. Directed by Georgie Rankcom, the production reimagines Aristophanes’ ancient Greek satire, which was originally written in 405 BCE. The story follows Dionysos, the god of theatre, and his servant Xanthias on a journey to the underworld in search of a solution to societal strife. Along the way, they encounter frogs who resist change and challenge their mission to save civilisation.

Kevin McHale will make his UK stage debut as Xanthias, while joining him will be Dan Buckley as Dionysos, Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Herakles, Carl Patrick as Charon, Bart Lambert as Shakespeare and cover Xanthias, Martha Pothen as Shaw and cover Dionysos, Alison Driver as Ariadne and swing, Evonnee Bentley-Holder as ensemble and cover Shaw and Charon, and Milo McCarthy as ensemble/dance captain and cover Shakespeare and Herakles. Further casting for the role of Pluto will be announced shortly.

The show will play at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 23 May to 28 June 2025. It is presented by the Grey Area, (following their WhatsOnStage Award-nominated 2022 staging of Anyone Can Whistle at Southwark Playhouse) alongside Samsational Entertainment, Benson Drive Productions, Melissa and Bradford Coolidge, Thomas Hopkins Productions, Nelson and Tao and Eric Kuhn for Folk Productions.

Making up the creative team are Ben McQuigg as musical supervisor, Yshani Perinpanayagam as musical director, Matt Nicholson as choreographer, Libby Todd as set and costume designer, Samuel Biondolillo as lighting designer, Joshua Robins as sound designer, Tim Sutton as orchestrator, Peter Noden as casting director, Elliot Aitken as assistant director, Fletcher Dobinson as associate choreographer, Adam Smith as production manager, Waverley Moran as stage manager and Evie Graham-Brown as assistant stage manager. Rebecca Pitt has made the show artwork, Sam Barnes is sound number one and Luke Pisano is wardrobe supervisor.

Tickets are on sale via the venue website.

[vino---delectable]

I love watching Gilmore girls. It gives me joy to occasionally perk up and go: *gasp* I've seen that meme!

[garfo-na-tomada]

Oi Frater!

Você tem alguma recomendação (vale blog, livro, canal do YouTube) com "causos do oculto"?

Já tem alguns meses que descobri o Zigurate, tô sempre lendo e relendo os posts e até já comecei algumas práticas, dentro das minhas possibilidades.

Como tô engatinhando ainda no mundo oculto eu gosto de ver relatos de quem está no caminho há mais tempo e sabe o que está fazendo.

Por exemplo: eu fiquei realmente encantada com os efeitos que o Echols conseguiu (li o livro dele sobre o tempo preso e estou lendo o High Magick) e também achei muito curioso (e sinistro) o que aconteceu com a Josephine McCarthy e o Frater Acher e a experiência deles com o Arbatel.

Obrigada!

Olá, amiga! Que bom que você chegou no Zigurate! Eu também adoro ler relatos de causos e pretendo um dia escrever um livro com os meus também (mas vai ser para publicar quando estiver velho ou talvez depois de morto kkkk). De livro que eu lembro agora que tem bastante disso eu recomendo demais os do Lon Milo Duquette, especialmente o Low Magick e o My Life With the Spirits. De canal do Youtube, não sei se você já viu, porque eu recomendo sempre, mas tem o De Monge a Mago, do Wellington, que é 90% causos e eu pessoalmente gosto muito.

[of-fear-and-love]

Interiors from Blindfold (1966) Art Direction by Henry Bumstead and Alexander Golitzen Set Decoration by John McCarthy Jr. and George Milo

[kaykaystayforu]

𝙕𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙨 2 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠

⇛All Songs!⇚

We got this

Performed by: Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Kylee Russell, Trevor Tordjman, Carla Jeffery, Emilia McCarthy, Jasmine Renée Thomas, James Godfrey, and Noah Zulfikar.

"Together we rise, you know we got this!"

We own the night

Performed by: Chandler Kinney, Pearce Joza, and Baby Ariel.

"Oh, we own what we own, we own the night!"

Like the zombies do

Performed by: Milo Manheim, Chandler Kinney, Pearce Joza, and Kylee Russell.

"All you got do is give an inch then we gon' take it to the top do it like the zombies do, don't stop Do it like the zombies do!"

Gotta Find Where I Belong

Performed by: Meg Donnelly and Milo Manheim

"The more I cover up my flaws the more they appear I gotta find where I belong Ah, ah, ah!"

Call to the Wild

Performed by: Pearce Joza, Chandler Kinney, and Meg Donnelly.

"We are the call, we are the call We are the call to the wild!"

I'm Winning

Performed by: Milo Manheim, Kylee Russell, Trevor Tordjman, Emilia McCarthy, Jasmine Renée Thomas, and Noah Zulfikar.

"You want someone who looks out for the crowd them in winning!"

Flesh & Bone

Performed by: Meg Donnelly, Milo Manheim, Pearce Joza, Baby Ariel, Chandler Kinney, Carla Jeffery, and Kylee Russell.

"No we won't break were more than flesh and bone!"

Someday (Reprise)

Performed by: Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly

"We're gonna be someday!"

One For All

Performed by: Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Kylee Russell, Trevor Tordjman, Carla Jeffery, Chandler Kinney, Pearce Joza, Baby Ariel, Emilia McCarthy, Jasmine Renée Thomas, and Noah Zulfikar.

"One for all!"

The New Kid in Town

Performed by: Baby Ariel

"There's no doubt that I'm all about, bout the new kid in town!"

[havenridgerp]

mwm and mwf?

Thank you for your question, Anon. While we would love any face you bring, here are just a few of our favorites:

Most wanted females: Pinar Deniz, Greta Onieogou, Hilary Duff, Chase Sui Wonders, Samantha Logan, Phoebe Tonkin, Elizabeth Lail, Alexandra Shipp, Tessa Thompson, Jessica Chastain, Aja Naomi King, Jennifer Garner, Madison Iseman, Brianne Tju, Ashley Moore, Brianne Howey, Riley Keough, Suki Waterhouse, Kiana Madeira, Adria Arjona, Aiysha Hart, Alicia Vikander, Annie Murphy, Camilla Luddington, Christina Ochoa, Chyler Leigh, Cote De Pablo, Daisy Ridley, Danai Gurira, Deborah Ann Woll, Dichen Lachman, Emma Mackey, Famke Janssen, Gemma Chan, Gina Torres, Han So Hee, Inbar Lavi, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jamie Chung, Jessica Henwick, Kat Graham, Kate Siegel, Kimiko Glenn, Lauren Ridloff, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Lily Tomlin, Lisa Ann Walter, Mandy Moore, Marie Avgeropoulous, Meagan Tandy, Melissa McCarthy, Melissa O'Neil, Melissa Roxburgh, Ming Na Wen, Natasha Lyonne, Parveen Kaur, Sonequa Martin-Green, Tati Gabrielle, Victoria Pedretti, Viola Davis, Yael Grobglas, Zendaya

Most wanted males: Daniel Ezra, Luke Grimes, Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, JD Pardo, Chris Evans, Jon Bernthal, Raymond Ablack, Rafael Silva, Henry Golding, Sam Claflin, Jacob Elordi, LaRoyce Hawkins, Ryan Gosling, Alex Meraz, Alfonso Herrera, Andrew Garfield, Andrew Lincoln, Avan Jogia, Boyd Holbrook, Casey Deidrick, Dan Stevens, Savid Castaneda, David Harbour, Dev Patel, Diego Luna, Eli Goree, Gabriel Luna, Giacomo Gianniotti, Hale Appleman, Hamish Linklater, Idris Elba, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, John Krasinski, Justin H Min, Kieran Culkin, Lewis Tan, Marwan Kenzari, Mena Massoud, Michiel Huisman, Milo Ventimiglia, Nick Sagar, Nyle DiMarco, Oscar Isaac, Osric Chau, Philemon Chambers, Rahul Kohli, Rege-Jean Page, Ricky Whittle, Riz Ahmed, Ronen Rubinstein, Sean Berdy, Sean Teale, Sinqua Walls, Steven Yuen, Tom Holland

Most wanted trans/nonbinary/gender fluid: Alex Blue Davis, Amandla Stenberg, Asia Kate Dillon, Chella Man, Elliot Fletcher, Elliot Page, Emma D'Arcy, Jamie Clayton, Laith Ashley, Liv Hewson, Nicole Maines, Quintessa Swindell, Sara Ramirez, Zión Moreno

[nightridgehq]

who can you see in the local families?

ask & you shall receive, nonnie ! below the cut you will find some suggestions for the remaining members of the local families ! this list is long, but i do hope it inspires you !

the burmingham's are white & of jewish descent, so any appropriate faces would be welcome ! but as for some suggestions : for mr. burmingham we would love to see paul rudd & for mrs. burmingham we would adore seeing idina menzel or rachel weisz ! for the remaining burmingham chidren, we would love to see hari nef ( trans woman ), emma seligman ( she/they ), aaron taylor-johnson, beanie feldstein, halson sage, dianna agron, milo manheim, logan lerman, odessa a’zion, or jonah hauer-king !!

kim yunjin, sandra oh, renee elise goldsberry, famke janssen, gina torres, lucy liu, gabrielle union, or marisa tomeior would be a perfect fit for ms. & ms. carpenter ! since all of the carpenter children are adopted, we would love to see all kinds of faces : some top contenders are megan suri, ashton sanders, luka sabbat, chase sui wonders, & hunter schafer ( trans + she/they) !

we would love to see rosie perez or ana ortiz as mrs. mccarthy ! mr. mccarthy is portrayed by esai manuel morales, making the mccarthy children at least half puerto rican ; some potential faces could be gina rodriguez, josh segarra, haskiri velazquez ( puerto rican + dominican ), michael cimino, adria arjona ( puerto rican & guatemalan ), jenna ortega ( peurto rican & mexican), natalia castellar calvani, tashi rodriguez, blake michael ( peurto rican & jewish ) !

as both of the simpson children came to be out of surrogacy, one of the simpson patriachrs must be black ! we would love to see michael ealy, idris elba, hirayama yusuke, morris chestnut, arjun rampal, yoo jung sang, david boreanaz, & chad l. coleman as mr. & mr. simpson !!

[cynofur]

sketch of milo reading blood meridian by Cormac McCarthy

[cartoonfanaticmonsterrobotalien]

My Bio

Age: In my early twenties

Name: Can’t tell you

Birth Date: December 14, 2002

Favorite Adult Animation Shows: Solar Opposites, Robotomy, Rick and Morty, Adventure Time, South Park, Regular Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Triptank, Lucy, Disenchantment, Futurama, The Simpsons, The Brak Show, Metalpacolypse, Soace Ghost Ciast to Coast, Central Park, Bob’s Burgers, American Dad, Clerks, Duncanville, Great North, Housebroken

Favorite Superhero Shows: Invincible, Villains of Valley View, Koala Man, Miraculous, Lab Rats, PPG ‘98, Hamster and Gretel, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Danny Phantom, Super Friends, Justice League ‘01, DC Super Girls ‘18, Static Shock, Horrorbots, Spider-Man ‘17, Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Star Vs. The Forces of Evil, Kim Possible

Favorite Cartoon Network Shows: Amazing World of Gumball, Camp Lazlo, Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Laboratory, Time Squad

Favorite Nickelodeon Shows: SpongeBob SquarePants, Santo Bugito, Invader Zim, My Life as a Teenage Robot, El Tigre, Wonder Park, Modern Life, ICarly, Victorious, Kenan and Kel, All That

Favorite Disney Shows: Amphibia, Owl House, Ghost and Molly McGee, Hailey’s On It, Kiff, Star Darlings, Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy’s Law, Hannah Montana, Good Luck Charlie, Kickin It, Lab Rats

Favorite Discovery Family Shows: MLP ‘10, Aquabats Super Show

Favorite Streaming Shows: Centuarworld, Glitter Force Doki Doki

Favorite Food: Steak, Fries, Burgers, Chicken fingers, doughnuts, pancakes, bacon, fruit pastries, French toasts, fried chicken, turkey, duck, baked potatoes, hash browns, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, enchiladas, pork chops, ribs, Korean BBQ, Japanese chicken, steak fillet, Doritos, Ruffles, Cheetos, CC’s Chips, banana bread, Cheez-It’s Snaps, Goldfish

Favorite Sweets: Ice Cream, Hershey’s Chocolate, Reese’s, KitKat, Toffee, Cake, Cupcakes, Ice Cream Cakes, Skittles, Starburst, Cookies, Crumble, Cookie sandwiches, ice cream sandwiches, ice cream pops, animation character ice cream pops, sundaes, Nestle’s chocolate, Oreos

Favorite Fruits and Veggies: Asparagus, Carrots, broccoli, potatoes, strawberry, raspberry, lemon, like, grapes, apples, lettuce, cherry, bananas, coconut

Favorite drinks: Mountain Dew, Water, milk, root beer, coca-cola, tab’s, Mr. Pibbs, Pepsi, Dole’s juice brand, Fanta, Crush, Dr. Pepper, soda floats, Nesquick, smoothies

Favorite Actors: Patton Oswalt, Dan Stevens, Thomas Middleditch, John Gemberling, Will Forte, Charlie Day, Mike Sinterniklaass, Roger Craig Smith, Dan Mintz, Josh Gad, Dee Bradley Baker, Rob Schrab, Nate Corddry, Rob Corddry, Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Brian O’Halloran, Justin Feilbinger, John DiMaggio, Billy West, Oded Fehr, Michael Cusack, Zach Hadel, Phil LaMarr, Robbie Daymond, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Matthew Lillard, Kevin Michael Richardson, John Mulaney, Antanio Banderas, Richard Steven Horvitz, Brandon Rogers, Sam Riegel, Jon Heder, Andy Daly, Zeno Robinson, James Marsden, Dana Snyder, Fred Tatasciore, Rob Paulsen

Favorite Actresses: Felicia Day, Mary Mack, Lacey Chabert, Brenda Song, Stephanie Sheh, Kate MiCucci, Riki Lindhome, Kari Wahlgren, Grey DeLisle, Jenny McCarthy, Melissa Fahn, Cristina Vee, Lana Condor, Sandra Oh, Odette Anaboe, Edie Mirman, Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, EG Daily, Olivia Olsen, Hynden Walch, Christina Hendricks, Libe Barer, Marieve Harrington, Sarah Nicole Robles, Kimberly Brooks, Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Vannessa Hudgens, Tika Sumpter, Reba Buhr, Erica Lindbeck, Vivian Nixon

Favorite Music Genres: Rock, Classic, Pop, orchestra, country, funk, techno, dubstep, heavy metal, Christian

Favorite Band: Ice Nine Kills, Adelitas Way, Bowling For Soup, Hansen, Disturbed, Slipknot, System of a Down, Hollywood Undead, Kiss, Queen, A Day to Remember, Thousand Foot Krunch, Nightwish, Evanescence, Seether, Imagine Dragons, Skillet, Newsboys, Simple Plan, Play, Nickelback, BTS, Blackpink, aespa, Black Eyes Peas

Favorite Singer: Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, P!nk, Katy Perry, David Quetta, Jennifer Lopez, Sia, Halsey, Kelsey Belleriny, AJ Michalka, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, China Ann McClain, Ashley Tisdale, Avicci, Kelly Prickler, Aloe Blaccc, Lil Naxx, Post Malone, Eminem, Kelli Monologue, Paul Simon

Favorite Tv Genres: Animation Drama, dramedy, slapstick, comedy, animation, sci-if, romance, buddy, superhero animation, manga, anime

Favorite Movies: Hulk ‘03, Sky High, Kim Possible: So The Drama, Clerks, Incredibles, Ruby Gillman, Boy Who Cried Werewolf, Ratatouille, Alvin and the Chipmunk ‘07, Muppets in Space, Kickass, Belle, Elemental, Madagascar, Rugrats Go Wild, Wild Thorn Berrys Movie, Peanuts Franchise, Turning Red, Encanto, Emoji Movie, Ice Age Franchise (but not the Buck Wild one), G-Force, PPG Movie, Ben 10 2008 movie live action, South Park The Movie, PeeWee’s Big Adventure, Captain Underpants, Napoleon Dynamite, Jay and Silent Bob, Mallrats, Finding Nemo, Frozen, Super Mario Bros. Movie, Mitchells vs. Machines, Veggietales, Cars, 102 Dalmations, Romeo + Juliet, Small Soldiers, Godzilla vs King Kong, Godzilla: World of Monsters, Van Helsing, Hotel Transylvania, Secret Life of Pets, Sing 2

Favorite Wen Series: Annoying Orange, SMG4, Sunset Paradise, Helluva Boss, Hazbin Hotel, Meta Runner, Amazing Digital Circus, Eddsworld, Murder Drones, Most Popular Girls in School, Summer Camp, Summer Camp Island, Villanos

My Skills: Typing

My Weakness: I can’t draw

Favorite Monsters: Aliens, Kaijus, wereanimals, Kaijus weremonsters, robots, werewolves, vampires, mutants, giant beasts

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Best of 2023

As always: a list of things new to me that I enjoyed this year, regardless of how old they are.

BOOKS & COMICS

Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West, Cormac McCarthy 

Death in Spring, Mercè Rodoreda

Ducks, Kate Beaton 

The Echo Wife, Sarah Gailey 

Fugitive Atlas, Khaled Mattawa

Grass, Sheri S. Tepper

The Honourable Schoolboy, John le Carré

Inferno, Dante by way of Daniel Lavery

The Killing Grounds, Joan Tierney

The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar, Indra Das

Leech, Hiron Ennes

The Looking Glass War, John le Carré 

The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekhera

Shahnameh, Abolqasem Ferdowsi

The Spear Cuts Through Water, Simon Jimenez

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, John le Carré 

Thieves, Lucie Bryon

Time Is A Mother, Ocean Vuong

Un-American, Hafizah Geter

MOVIES/TV

Amadeus, Milos Forman

The Birdcage, Mike Nichols

Blue Velvet, David Lynch

The Exorcist, William Friedkin

Hair, Milos Forman

The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel

Middleditch & Schwartz

Sap, Mae Martin 

Bill Cunningham: New York, Richard Press 

Trigun

MUSIC

50 Words for Snow, Kate Bush

Alcina, George Frideric Handel

Antar, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 

Bayti al-Fitr, A-WA

Ben Haana Wa Maana, DAM

Benhayyi al-Baghbaghan, Maurice Louca

Brahms

Heaven to a Tortured Mind, Yves Tumor 

Hit Parade and Róisin Machine, Róisín Murphy 

In These Times, Makaya McCraven

Javelin, Sufjan Stevens

La Traviata, Verdi

Lekhfa, Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca & Tamer Abu Ghazaleh

The Loveliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen

“Nautilus,” Anna Meredith

N3rdistan, N3rdistan

Postcolonialism and Dyslexia, Emsallam

Symphony No. 1, Jean Sibelius 

Symphony No. 3, Louise Farrenc 

Symphony No. 4, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

That! Feels Good!, Jessie Ware 

MISC

Kottu 

The Stopgap

Book announcement 

Turns out it feels pretty good to announce a book!

The By the Bywater live show

Meeting internet friends irl

Uta Hagen’s acting class

[outerbanksfm]

what are the age ranges for your current characters?

currently we have three muses who are in their early-twenties and one muse who is in his mid-thirties. we would absolutely love muses of all ages, 20+. i'd love to see some older muses around! ill list some some faceclaims i'd selfishly request below: hugh jackman, pedro pascal, dev patel, oscar isaac, adam driver, chris evans, margot robbie, ryan gosling, tom hiddleston, melissa mccarthy, lauren graham, milo ventimiglia, billy burke, arielle kebbel, emily vancamp, manish dayal, shaunette renee wilson, bruce greenwood, malcolm-jamal warner, jessica lucas, morris chestnut, nathalie kelley, matt lanter, sarah michelle geller, james marsters, david boreanaz.

[kevinmchalenews]

Kevin McHale at day 1 of rehearsals for The Frogs (via frogsldn)

[dankusner]

CNN— ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ 6pm

George Clooney, as Edward R. Murrow, acts in the stage production of “Good Night, and Good Luck,” at Winter Garden Theatre in New York on March 11. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Twenty years after his successful film “Good Night, and Good Luck,: George Clooney has revived his drama of celebrated journalist Edward R. Murrow’s battle against Joseph McCarthy-era political injustices.

The staged version, which also takes its name from Murrow’s signature ending to broadcasts, is the first play to bring in over $4 million in a single week.

On Saturday, Clooney’s final performance on Broadway will be broadcast on CNN, reminding much larger audiences of how hard — and how necessary — it is to push back against false accusations and the chilling anxiety they create.

Sadly, the reckless political extremism of mid-20th century America is also having a revival.

Scientists, government workers, librarians, court officials, athletes, legal immigrants and many other ordinary people doing their jobs and going about their lives have suddenly been told they are part of a sewer, a deep state, a criminal population, or simply so inessential that their life’s work should be abandoned, right now.

Two of the least powerful groups threatened by the current climate of repression are public school teachers and their students, children who may never even realize what they have been kept from learning.

Their plight lacks the drama of deportations or the sudden shuttering of lifesaving, world-preserving scientific programs, but the damage is as great.

For several years, I have researched the almost-forgotten teacher purges of the 1950s, with particular attention to New York City, the largest school system in the United States, where a special office was devoted to investigating teachers for allegedly subversive actions — which could include watching a parade, signing a petition, or simply reading the wrong newspaper, as well as belonging to unions or other professional organizations that had other members who were under suspicion.

Long after everyone who could tell me about it was dead, I discovered that one of those blacklisted public-school teachers was my own father.

Forced out of his job the same year as Milo Radulovich, the Air Force Reserve officer whose firing inspired Murrow’s crusade and Clooney’s play, my father was not around to see either the film or the stage versions of “Good Night, and Good Luck”.

Instead, he lived out its story in real time.

Like thousands of other teachers, from kindergarten to college, he was called in by investigators on the flimsiest of evidence, in a hidden proceeding whose records are still shrouded in secrecy.

The only way he could keep his job was by naming other possible suspects, offering up fresh victims for the professional hunters of supposed communist sympathizers.

No proof was required — the simple act of betraying others was taken as confirmation of loyalty to the political system of the day.

Instead, my father resigned, joining a large company of blacklist victims whose stories are still very hard to uncover.

Radulovich, whose treatment inspired “Good Night, and Good Luck,“ was another ordinary person forced out of his job by shadowy claims of associating with communist sympathizers.

Powerless to fight the forces aligned against him, he had the good luck to find a champion, Murrow, who could expose the self-serving fabrications of his accusers.

Murrow, in turn, had the luck to persuade his network bosses that they should have the courage to air his story.

The teachers who were blacklisted in the 1950s were not so lucky.

They were left to fend for themselves, unable to do the work for which they had trained, largely forgotten by history.

Most survived, but all were scarred by the ordeal.

The school systems that worked so hard to impose conformity also suffered, and so did the students.

Today, teachers, librarians, scientists, judges and other ordinary people who work hard to make our nation a place of wisdom and justice are again attacked for chillingly nonsensical reasons.

They are threatened with violence, imprisonment, or simply barred from doing their jobs, creating a tragic loss of expertise.

Once again, government is trying to silence the journalists who report on government oppression, aggressively excluding reporters from courtrooms and government chambers, trying to control the record of what is happening.

As we watch “Good Night, and Good Luck,“ we should applaud the courageous journalists who helped bring down McCarthy and other tyrants of his era and give thanks for the people who continue to expose injustice today.

Let us also take time to remember all the unrecorded victims, past and present.

They will need all the good luck they can get. So will we all.

Jane S. Smith is the author of “A Blacklist Education: American History, A Family Mystery, and a Teacher Under Fire,” which will be published in July.

CELEBRITIES

Clooney play to air live on CNN, Max

George Clooney appears opening night of the play April 3 in New York.

From news services

When “Good Night, and Good Luck” arrived on Broadway this spring, it initially provoked a surprising amount of cynicism.

There were complaints that the adaptation by George Clooney and Grant Heslov was basically a reproduction of the 2005 film, which chronicled CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s heroic crusade against Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s communist witch hunts.

The sky-high cost of tickets was another source of criticism.

Was Broadway pricing itself beyond the reach of its core audience? Reports of “Good Night, and Good Luck” shattering box office records served to remind those who couldn’t afford a ticket that they were being left behind by a theater culture that was siding with the haves over the have-nots.

In a season that featured Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in a rudderless “Othello” and Kieran Culkin in a “Glengarry Glen Ross” revival that might have been stronger without him, “Good Night, and Good Luck” was a convenient target for anti-Hollywood sentiment.

The broodingly elegant production, sharply directed by David Cromer and starring a quietly committed Clooney in the role of Murrow, was not only one of the most stirring offerings of the Broadway season but also one of the most necessary.

Now it is being made available to a larger audience as CNN will broadcast a live performance of “Good Night, and Good Luck” from the Winter Garden at 7 p.m. ET Saturday.

The play will also stream live on CNN’s online platforms and on Max.

It’s apparently the first time a Broadway play will be shown live on TV.

CNN will broadcast the penultimate performance on the eve of the Tony Awards.

The production is up for five Tonys, including Clooney in the lead performance by an actor in a play category.

But however the awards shake out, Clooney is already a winner.

Like Murrow, he reminds us that conscience can still be a defining feature of the American character.

Felton returning to ‘Harry Potter’ role: Tom Felton — the original Draco Malfoy from the “Harry Potter” movies — will slip into his old role on Broadway this winter in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”

“Being a part of the ‘Harry Potter’ films has been one of the greatest honors of my life. Joining this production will be a full-circle moment for me, because when I begin performances in ‘Cursed Child’ this fall,

I’ll also be the exact age Draco is in the play,” Felton, 37, said. Felton will be making his Broadway debut in the role from Nov. 11 through March 22, 2026.

It will mark the first time a member of the “Harry Potter” film cast has joined the stage production.

[caneyrox74]

3 stars A BEAUTIFUL LIE by Tara Sivec

Annabelle Parker, Milo Roberts, and Garrett McCarthy have been friends for years. Milo and Garrett are Navy SEALs and Parker is a freelance photographer. Milo and Parker are a couple and about to get married when Milo is sent on a mission. Milo is killed and Garrett and Parker are determined to find out what happened. They go to the last place Milo was, the Dominican Republic. Parker and Garrett…

[the-girl-who-didnt-smile]

MAMAN DE LA VIE [1][2][3]

Notes

Marcelin, Milo. "Mythologie vodou (Rite Arada), Volume II." Pétionville: Éditions Canapé Vert (1950). pp. 177-178 

“Maman Brigitte, the Mother of the Gedes” is a Google Groups conversation on alt.religion.orisha, dated Jun 16, 2001 - Jun 19, 2001. In this conversation, which may have only involved white people, Caucasian Mambo Racine Sans Bout encourages the group to read an article titled "White Women in Vodou", claiming that “Maman Brigitte is a manifestation of the Celtic Goddess Brigid. During the formative period of Haitian Vodou, many Scottish people were deported from Scotland to the Antilles because of the Stuart wars, and those Scots were the most traditionalist, the least Christianized. They were the ones who brought Brigid to Haiti.” This was reproduced in her “Vodou Lessons”, where she claims that "Maman Brigitte, surprisingly enough for a Vodou lwa, is British in origin, descended from Brigid/St. Brigit, the Celtic "triple goddess" of poetry, smithcraft, and healing. She must have come to Haiti in the hearts of deported Scottish and Irish indentured servants." She seems to have had a central role in spreading this myth, although I am uncertain whether she personally invented it. In both of these writings, Racine claims to have heard a song that goes “Manman Brijit, li soti nan anglete”, which is supplied as proof of her assertions. However, she only produced a single verse without describing a song in its entirety. Foreigners are known to make mistakes when it comes to hearing, understanding, and reporting songs from Haitian Vodou. As I have been unable to verify the existence of this song, it is of dubious quality. What I have heard from a Haitian source is “Brigitte is not white” (“Brijit pa blanc”).

From Denise Alvarado’s Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook: “In Voodoo, Ma'man Brigit (Grann Brigitte, Manman, Manman Brigit, Manman Brijit) is the mother of cemeteries, the loa of money and death, and the wife of Baron Samedi. She may be related to the "triple" Celtic goddess of poetry, smithcraft, and healing, Brigid/St. Brigit, as her name is Irish in origin. She is usually depicted as a white woman.” Source: Alvarado, Denise. The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook. United States, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009; The narrative involving Irish indentured servants also appears in: Noonan, Kerry. "Gran Brijit: Haitian Vodou Guardian of the Cemetery." Goddesses in World Culture 3 (2010): 123-33.

Ohlmeyer, Jane. “Irishness, Whiteness, Blackness, and Slavery in the Early Modern World.” American Journal of Irish Studies, vol. 17, 2022, pp. 5–38. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27290673. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

O’Shea, Joe. The Irish have not always been the victims of history. The Journal, 28 Oct. 2012,https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/irish-slave-traders-joe-oshea-murder-mutiny-mayhem-646357-Oct2012/ Accessed 13 Dec 2024

Garrigus, John D.. A Secret Among the Blacks: Slave Resistance Before the Haitian Revolution. United States, Harvard University Press, 2023. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674272828 

Eddins, Crystal Nicole. Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution: Collective Action in the African Diaspora. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009256148 Retrieved from: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/rituals-runaways-and-the-haitian-revolution/2FCBF92A767FD8DE3615602F589C326E#overview 

Slawson, Douglas J. “Rev. John J. Burke, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and the American Occupation of Haiti (1915-34).” The Catholic Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 3, 2014, pp. 514–54. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43898675. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

Noonan, Kerry. "Gran Brijit: Haitian Vodou Guardian of the Cemetery." Goddesses in World Culture 3 (2010): 123-33.

Lola, Mama & Brown, Karen McCarthy. "The Altar Room: A Dialogue." In Cosentino, Donald. Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou. United States, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995. p. 229-230. Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/sacredartsofhait0000unse/page/228/mode/2up? 

Cosentino, Donald. Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou. United States, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995. p. 407. Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/sacredartsofhait0000unse/page/406/mode/2up? 

Robert Tallant described how Saints were worshiped in Louisiana Voudou: “These merchants also sell pictures of saints. To certain Roman Catholic saints particular Voodoo power has been attributed: St. Michael is thought best able to aid in conquering enemies; St. Anthony de Padua is invoked for “luck”; St. Mary Magdalene is popular with women who are in love; St. Joseph (holding the Infant Jesus) is used to get a job. Many Voodoos believe a picture of the Virgin Mary in their homes will prevent illness, and that one of St. Peter (with the Key to Heaven) will bring great and speedy success in financial matters (without the Key to Heaven, St. Peter is still reliable in helping in the achievement of minor successes; the power of the picture is less, however). Pictures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are believed to have the ability to cure organic diseases.” Source: Tallant, Robert. Voodoo in New Orleans. 1946. Reprint, Gretna, La.: United Kingdom, Pelican Publishing Company, 1983; Many of these Saints are African deities masqued under their names, including Blanc Dani (St. Michael), Yon Sue (St. Anthony), Mama You (Virgin Mary), and Papa Liba (St. Peter). St. Joseph might have also been Vériquité (Avrekete), but this is less well-attested as he is only mentioned in a work of fiction. While it is possible that St. Mary Magdalene was also an African deity disguised under her name, it is impossible to determine which one she was; the obvious alternative is that Mary Magdalene was simply Mary Magdalene. See: Anderson, Jeffrey E. Voodoo: An African American Religion. LSU Press, 2024.

This is not to suggest that Maman Brigitte was worshiped in 19th century Louisiana Voudou; there is little to no evidence of this. See: Anderson, Jeffrey E. Voodoo: An African American Religion. LSU Press, 2024; I have heard it rumored that Grann Brijit is sometimes identified with St. Mary Magdalene in Haitian Vodou, but have yet to find evidence of this. Interestingly, Milo Rigaud identified Baron Samedi with “Marie-Madeleine au sépulcre” (Saint Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre). See: Rigaud, Milo. Vè-vè: Diagrammes Rituels Du Voudou. Spain, French and European Publications, 1974. p. 33. Retrieved from:https://books.google.com/books?id=8-HWAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=madeleine; I would not be surprised if Grann Brijit has been identified with St. Mary Magdalene, as Marie-Madeleine is often traditionally portrayed with a skull (symbol of Golgotha).

Montgomery, Eric and Vannier, Christian. An Ethnography of a Vodu Shrine in Southern Togo: Of Spirit, Slave and Sea. Netherlands, Brill, 2017.

See: Anderson, Jeffrey E. Voodoo: An African American Religion. LSU Press, 2024; see also: Alvarado, Denise. “Mami Wata”. Marie Laveaux. Retrieved on Dec. 14, 2024 from: https://www.marie-laveaux.com/mami-wata.html 

There is also some evidence that Avrekete, a different but related vodún, was worshiped in New orleans. In Dahomean mythology, Avrekete is a child of Agbe, who is tovodún; see: Herskovits, Melville Jean. Dahomey, an Ancient West African Kingdom, Vol. II. United States, Northwestern University Press, 1967. p. 153. Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/dahomeyancientwe0000hers/page/152/mode/2up?. The name Vériquité appears in Helen Pitkin Scherz’s fictional novel An Angel by Brevet (1904), and is likely derived from Avrekete. Because other deities described in this novel are attested by non fiction sources, it is possible that Avrekete was worshiped during this time period in New Orleans. This is further reason to include a character based on these ocean-themed vodún, due to the likelihood of their importance to Voudounsis in the port city. For the historical mention of Vériquité, see: Schertz, Helen Pitkin. An Angel by Brevet: A Story of Modern New Orleans. United Kingdom, J.B. Lippincott, 1904. Retrieved from: https://www.google.com/books/edition/An_Angel_by_Brevet/35PUAAAAMAAJ?hl=en 

Teish, Luisah. Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals.United States, HarperCollins, 2021. Originally published in 1985

Cosentino, Donald. Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou. United States, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995. p. 405. Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/sacredartsofhait0000unse/page/404/mode/2up?